mate¹ /māt/

1. A companion
2. An equal
3. A fellow worker, occupant, etc (often in combination, as workmate, flatmate, etc)
4. A friendly or ironic form of address
5. A husband or wife
6. An animal with which another is paired to produce young
7. One of a pair
8. A ship's officer under the captain or master
9. In the navy, formerly a rank to which a warrant officer might be promoted
10. An assistant or deputy (as plumber's mate)

1. To be equal to, to rival (archaic)
2. To marry
3. To cause (esp animals) to copulate
4. To couple
5. To fit

1. To claim equality (archaic)
2. To marry
3. (esp of animals) to copulate
4. To consort (archaic)

mateˈless adjective

Without a mate or companion

mateˈship noun (esp Aust)

The bond between close friends

māˈtily adverb

māˈtiness or māˈteyness noun

mātˈy or māteˈy adjective (mātˈier; mātˈiest) (informal)

Friendly and familiar, esp in a studied or overdone manner

A friendly or ironic form of address esp to a man

mate's rates plural noun (informal)

A reduced price available only to friends

mating type noun (botany)

A group of individuals within a species which cannot breed among themselves but which are able to breed with individuals of other such groups

mate² /māt/

1. Checkmated
2. Confounded
3. Baffled
4. Exhausted
5. Daunted

1. To checkmate
2. To subdue (archaic)
3. To baffle (archaic)
4. To confound (archaic)

Checkmate

mate³ or maté /matˈā or mäˈtā/

1. A S American species of holly (Ilex paraguayensis)
2. An infusion of its leaves and green shoots, Paraguay tea

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